Boiler-stand.



mmmmn W. G. PROBST. BOILER STAND.

APPLICATION man JULY 22. I816.

Patented. July 17, 1917! BOILER-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 17, 1917.

I Application filed July 22, 1916. Serial No. 110,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Pnons'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county'of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boiler- Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in boiler stands and the principal object of the invention is to provide a stand which may be readily formed of a single piece of metal thus avoiding the necessity of providing a plurality of patterns for the various parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will eliminate the necessity of bolting the various parts together.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which is so constructed as to avoid the necessity of providing bolt holes at the point where the boiler supporting ring joins the arms thereby providing a strong and durable structure.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boiler stand constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view of the upper end of one of the arms showing the boiler supporting segment in place.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the base of the device having formed integrally therewith the hollow or solid standard 2. This standard extends upwardly from the base and is formed at its upper end with the outwardly and upwardly extending arms 3 provided with the flanges 4: at their inner edges. The outer edges of the arms are provided with suitable beads 5 forming reinforcements therefor. It will be understood that the base, standard and arms may be provided with any suitable ornamentation without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Formed at the upper ends of the arms 3 and extending horizontally are the arcuate heads 6 formed at their inner edges with the downturned flanges 7 and at their outer edges with the upturned flanges 8. The flanges 8 form retaining flanges for the boiler when the same is placed in position on the device. It will be understood however that should it be so desired the arcuate heads may be continued around to form a ring at the upper ends of the arms or may be extended to any desired length without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In order to brace and strengthen the point where the heads join the arms suitable webs 9 are formed at the outer edge of the under side of eachhead and these webs curve downwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3 and join the beads 5 at a point slightly below the ends of the arms. In this way it will be seen that the webs will form brackets or braces which will prevent any breakage of the heads from the arms and thus it will be seen that the heads will be in position to receive the boiler.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the stand is used in the ordinary manner and set in position and the boiler is then placed so that its lower edge rests on the heads 6 and movement of the boiler on the heads is prevented by means of the flanges 8. It will thus be seen that the necessity of providing bolts at the point where the heads join the arms and the consequent weakening of the stand at this point is avoided and also the provision of a central bolt extending through the standard to connect the arms to the base is eliminated due to the fact that the device is formed of a single casting.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A boiler stand comprising a base, a standard extending upwardly from the center of the base, arms extending upwardly and outwardly from the upper end of the standard, heads at the upper ends of the arms, said heads being arcuate to conform to the shape of a boiler, downturned reinforcing flanges formed at the inner edges of the heads, upstanding retaining flanges formed at the outer edges of the heads, and bracing webs extending downwardly from the outer edges of the heads and joining the arms at a point slightly below the heads, the Whole beingfformed of a single piece of metal.

2. A boiler stand comprising a base, a standard formed integrally with and extending upwardly from the center of said base, a "pair of upwardly and outwardly extending arms formed integrally with the iipper end of the standard, horizontally disposed arenate heads formed integrally with the arms at their upper endsto provide a su port for a boiler, upwardly extending an integrally formed retaining flanges at the outer edges Copies affirm patent ma be obtained fo'r of the heads, downwardly extending and integrally formed reinforcing flanges at the inner edges of the heads and downwardly extending integral webs formed at the joints of the arms and heads to reinforce the heads at the joints.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM G. PROBST.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. LAIB, PHIL F. LAIB.

fire cents eachpy addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). C. 

